U.S. patent number 4,015,374 [Application Number 05/448,623] was granted by the patent office on 1977-04-05 for angled cap member for simulated cedar shake construction.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Alside, Inc.. Invention is credited to George Epstein, Robert E. Mollman.
United States Patent |
4,015,374 |
Epstein , et al. |
April 5, 1977 |
Angled cap member for simulated cedar shake construction
Abstract
An angled cap member is provided to finish off hips and ridges
for use with a simulated cedar shake panel for walls or roofs
having at least two courses of simulated shakes in relief therein,
the shakes being in overlapped and underlapped relation with a
varied butt line, and recessed underlaps between side-by-side
shakes.
Inventors: |
Epstein; George (Akron, OH),
Mollman; Robert E. (Chagrin Falls, OH) |
Assignee: |
Alside, Inc. (Akron,
OH)
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Family
ID: |
26988096 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/448,623 |
Filed: |
March 6, 1974 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
Issue Date |
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332163 |
Feb 13, 1973 |
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Current U.S.
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52/57; D25/29;
D25/139; 52/314; 52/555; D25/56; 52/278; 52/551 |
Current CPC
Class: |
E04D
1/36 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
E04D
1/36 (20060101); E04D 1/00 (20060101); E04D
001/30 () |
Field of
Search: |
;52/459,461,465,466,467,462,726,277,547,549,57,60,43,554,555,551,278,314 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
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32,799 |
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Feb 1928 |
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FR |
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433,217 |
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Aug 1935 |
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Primary Examiner: Braun; Leslie
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Fidelman, Wolffe & Waldron
Claims
What is claimed:
1. A cap suitable for ridges and hips on a simulated shake roofing,
said cap being characterized by the appearance of individual shakes
and comprising:
an angled cap member having a central ridge extending
longitudinally lengthwise thereof and angled side edges;
a plurality of simulated apparently overlapped shakes extending
along the length of said cap member, on each side of the central
ridge thereof;
a downwardly extending tongue forming each longitudinal edge of
said cap member adapted to rest on a first course of simulated roof
shakes;
means at the angled side edges of said cap member for interfitting
successive like cap members angled side to angled side; and
nailing means at one of said angled side edges for securing said
cap member to a roof.
2. A ridge cap for a simulated shake roofing characterized by the
appearance of individual shakes comprising an angled cap member
having a central ridge extending longitudinally lengthwise
thereof;
a plurality of simulated apparently overlapped shakes extending
along the length of said cap member, on each side of the central
ridge thereof;
a downwardly extending tongue forming each longitudinal edge of
said cap member, and adapted to rest on a first course of simulated
roof shakes;
an outwardly extending nailing tab forming one lateral side
marginal edge of said cap member, said tab being the base leg of an
outwardly open U-shaped channel formed at the top of said cap
member;
an outwardly extending flange forming the other lateral side
marginal edge of said cap member, said flange being sized and
offset to interfit the U-shaped channel whereby successive cap
members can interfit.
3. The ridge cap of claim 2 wherein each terminus of said channel
and of said flange is spaced inward of the nearest longitudinal
edge of said cap member.
4. A simulated shake hip or peaked roofing comprising:
a plurality of simulated shake panels assembled and joined end to
end and top to bottom with each panel individually nailed down
through the nailing means hereinafter described, said panels
terminating at each side of a roof ridge;
and a plurality of simulated shake ridge caps disposed on a roof
ridge, individually nailed thereto, each said ridge cap
characterized by the appearance of individual shakes comprising an
angled cap member with angled side edges thereon overlapping the
closest panel edge on each side of the roof ridge, said plurality
of ridge caps being joined angled edge to angled edge;
said cap member further comprising:
a plurality of simulated apparently overlapped shakes extending
along the length of said cap member, on each side of the central
ridge thereon;
a downwardly extending tongue forming each longitudinal edge of
said cap member, and adapted to rest on a first course of simulated
roof shakes;
means at the angled side edges of said cap member for interfitting
successive like cap members angled side to angled side, and nailing
means at one of the angled side edges for securing said cap member
to a roof.
5. The roofing of claim 4 wherein a gable strip is interposed
between the ridge caps and panels, said gable strip comprising a
deformed U-shaped channel wherein one leg of said channel has a
bend therein directed toward the other leg of said channel;
a nailing tab extending from said bend containing leg, said
U-shaped channel being sized to straddle the edge of a simulated
shake panel overlapped by said ridge caps whereby, when said gable
strip is nailed to said roof with the channel parallel to a ridge
thereon open away therefrom and the nailing strip in contact with
the roof, the edge portion of a simulated shake panel is straddled
by the channel legs to seat on the bend in said one leg and a ridge
cap is seated on the other channel leg, overlapping thereby ridge
cap and panel with the gable strip therebetween to provide a rain
trap in the gable strip portion between the base of the U-shaped
channel and the bend in the channel leg.
Description
The present invention is a division of Ser. No. 332,163, filed Feb.
13, 1973 and relates to an angled cap member used in construction
involving a simulated wood shake roof and siding and in particular
simulated cedar shakes.
Wooden shakes are a well known and attractive material of
construction. Cedar shakes in particular provide desirable material
for siding and roofing, having been widely and extensively employed
for many years, Unfortunately, although numerous householders would
be delighted to side and/or roof their homes and businesses with
cedar shakes, the truth of the matter is that the shakes are quite
expensive and moreover require a great amount of expensive hand
labor to install. This situation has given rise to a considerable
body of art on simulated shakes made from metals (such as aluminum
and galvanized steel), minerals (such as cement and asbestos
compositions), even fiberglass laminates.
Unfortunately, the simulated shakes suggested heretofore to the art
seem all to suffer from one or more undesirable attributes. Thus,
for example, a simulated shake replicates the molding surface on
which it is formed. No matter how closely the shake may resemble
its natural counterpart, any roof or siding to which a multiplicity
of individual simulated shakes are applied, evidences the
repetitive identity of form and shape inherent in the replicated
sameness of each simulated shake. The visual effect is quite
different from the no-two-alike look of a natural shake roof or
siding. A separate disadvantage inherent in individual simulated
shakes is that the high labor costs involved in the shake-by-shake
installation of a shake siding or roof has not been particularly
avoided.
Installation labor costs can be substantially decreased by adoption
of a panel expedient, namely a panel whose face has thereon a
multiplicity of simulated shakes in a suitable assembled together
configuration. The configuration in the panel face can be varied,
shake-to-shake, and to that extent at least, the visual effect of
shake-to-shake identity is avoided. However, a panel-to-panel
identity exists and the need to conceal joints between adjacent
panels becomes important. Indeed, some panel modes suggested to the
art contemplate panel-to-panel joint configurations inconsistent
with the highly individualized random appearance of true shake
construction.
Briefly stated, the present invention involves a simulated shake
ridge cap which together with a simulated shake panel can be
employed to roof and face a building structure in simulated cedar
shakes in an attractive non-repetitive simulated shake
configuration. Reference is made to the aforementioned Ser. No.
332,163, filed Feb. 13, 1973, for detailed description of a
preferred panel.
The present simulated shake ridge cap is well adapted for use with
simulated shake panels that constitute good simulations of natural
shakes. The panel of the aforementioned Ser. No. 332,163 is
considered to be a good simulation, and the structure thereof is
exemplary of the relationship between ridge cap and panel. That
simulated shake panel is a relatively elongated board long enough
(e.g. 5 feet) and high enough (e.g. 18 inches) to have what appears
to be at least two courses of shakes on the face of the panel, with
each course having therein a multiplicity of shakes (preferably
more than five shakes). Thus the face of an exemplary panel appears
to be an assembly of twenty highly individualized shakes disposed
in two courses of ten shakes each. The simulated shakes, no two
exactly alike, appear as they would be in true shake construction,
some shakes overlapped and some shakes underlapped.
A common feature of true shake construction is that the ridges on
roof peaks and hips are covered by individual shakes. Simulated
shake panels can be employed with a ridge or hip cap simulative of
true shake construction and preferred simulated shake cap members
are contemplated by the present invention.
Also forming part of the present invention is a gable strip or trim
member particularly adapted for use at the juncture of the
simulated shake ridge cap and the simulated shake panels and at the
exposed edges of the structure. The gabel strip constitutes a rain
trap for any rain wind-driven between the ridge cap and the
simulated shake panel. The rain trap will help to effectively drain
such water off the roof. The preferred gable strip member is of
particular value for hip roof construction where considerable
wind-driven rain might be forced into the juncture area between cap
and the simulated shake panel.
For further understanding of the present invention, reference is
now made to the attached drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a ridge cap;
FIG. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2--2 of FIG. 1,
illustrating one end of the ridge cap in elevation;
FIG. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3--3 of FIG. 1,
illustrating the opposite end of the ridge cap in elevation;
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal section on the line 4--4 of FIG. 1, broken
away;
FIG. 5 is a section on the line 5--5 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the ridge cap member of the present
invention; and
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the gable strip member.
A structure sheathed and roofed with shakes, simulated or natural,
will frequently be finished off with shake ridge caps, and use of
simulated equivalents thereof as required is contemplated with
simulated shake panels 12. The drawings illustrate preferred modes
of ridge cap 40, these modes being particularly adapted for
installation along with the simulated shake panels of the
aforementioned Ser. No. 332,163.
The cap 40 is an angled member having a central ridge 42 thereon. A
multiplicity of simulated, apparently overlapped shakes (as for
example, shakes 41, 43, 45) extend in a row on each side of the
ridge line. A roof ridge or hip is topped by as many ridge caps 40
abutted, angled end to angled end as is needed, as is shown in FIG.
1. At one angled end, each ridge cap 40 is provided with a nailing
strip 44 which forms the base leg of a U-shaped channel 46. The
other (upper) leg of channel 46 forms the terminal edge of a
simulated shake, e.g. shake 45. Correspondingly, the opposing
angled edge of ridge cap 40 is provided with a flange 48 sized and
positioned to interfit the channel 46 of an abutting ridge cap.
Except to close examination, the joint between adjacent ridge caps,
namely the juncture of shakes 41, 45 is indistinguishable from the
shake-to-shake junctures built into cap member 42.
Each of the longitudinal side edges of cap member 40 terminates in
a downwardly extending tongue 50. As may be seen in FIG. 1, ridge
cap 40 overlaps panels 12 and tongue 50 rests on the overlapped
panel, the overlap and presence of tongue 50 serving to seal off
underside of ridge cap member 40 from wind and rain.
However, where wind-driven rain may easily be forced under tongue
50, in hip roofs for example, a gable strip (preferably metallic)
may be interposed between ridge cap 40 and the topmost edge of
panels 1. A preferred mode of gable strip 60 is illustrated in FIG.
7. The gable strip 60 comprises an elongated deformed U-shaped
channel 61 wherein one leg 62 of the channel has an inward bend 64
directed toward the other leg 65. A nailing tab 66 extends from the
deformed or bent leg. This gable strip is nailed to the roof
parallel to the hip or ridge, with its opening away from the ridge
or hip as shown in FIG. 5. After the gable strip 60 is installed,
the cut-off edge of a panel 12 enters channel 61 to seat on bend 64
while the underside of ridge cap 40 rests on the channel leg 65 of
gable strip 60.
Any water driven under tongue 50 on cap member 40 will pass beneath
channel leg 65, then around the edge of panel 12, thereafter be
caught in the rain trap formed inside gable strip 60 by bend 64 and
flow off the roof.
FIG. 5 illustrates the expectation that the topmost simulated shake
panel will have been trimmed to fit the actual space left for the
top course of panels (also, the ridge cap nailing tab 44 will be
trimmed to allow for the gable strip). FIG. 5 illustrates how the
space directly beneath cap 42 is open, ventilating the roof. FIG. 5
also illustrates a 150.degree. cap member and the roof ridge to
which such a cap member is adapted. For hip roofs in particular,
cap members with other angles, e.g. 120.degree., may be
provided.
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